Eight years was a long time to be gone. I changed and I knew the people I was going home to changed as well. I never wanted to leave her, but circumstances forced me to walk away and I chose not to look back. But I'm finally home and ready to reclaim all that I lost with Kris. I hoped the decisions I made in my past didn't come back to haunt me.He'd been gone for eight years. Left without ever saying goodbye to me.He chose to walk away from us, never letting me decide whether I wanted to live my life with him. I had to learn how to move on and mourn the loss of what could have been. Eight years was a long time to be gone. Too bad my heart didn't understand the concept of time.